ثم قال: وال ولى هذا ولو انه قاتل أبيك وولدك وعاد عدو هذا ولو انه أبوك وولدك.

ثم قال: وال ولى هذا ولو انه قاتل أبيك وولدك وعاد عدو هذا ولو انه أبوك وولدك. Then he -saww said: ‘Befriend the friend of his -asws even though he may have killed your father and your son, and be inimical to an enemy of his -asws even though he may be your father and your son’.

[24] Love is spoilt through disobeying: عنه: عن محمد بن موسى بن المتوكل، قال: حدثنا علي بن إبراهيم بن هاشم، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، قال: حدثني حمران، عمن سمع أبا عبد الله (عليه السلام) يقول: «ما أحب الله عز و جل من‏ عصاه» From him, from Muhammad Bin Musa Bin Mutawakkal who said, ‘It was narrated to us by Ali Bin Ibrahim Bin Hashim, from his father, from Muhammad Bin Abu Umeyr who said, ‘Humran narrated to me from the one who heard Abu Abdullah -asws saying: ‘Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic does not Love the one who disobeys Him -azwj ’.

ثم تمثل فقال: «تعصي إلا له و أنت تظهر حبه هذا محال في الفعال بديع! لو كان حبك صادقا لأطعته إن المحب لمن يحب مطيع» Then he -asws expressed (in prose), so he -asws said: ‘You are being disobedient only to Him -azwj while you are displaying His -azwj love? This is impossible in the deed of the adoring one! If your love was sincere you would be obedient to Him -azwj . Surely, the loving one is obedient to the one he loves ’.

[25] Only with Good Birth one can Love Ahl Al-Bayt -asws : حدثنا أبى ومحمد بن الحسن رحمهما الله قالا: حدثنا سعد بن عبد الله عن احمد بن محمد بن خالد قال: حدثنا أبو القاسم عبد الرحمان الكوفي وابو يوسف يعقوب بن يزيد الانباري عن أبى محمد عبد الله بن محمد الغفاري عن الحسين بن زيد عن الصادق أبى عبد الله جعفر بن محمد عن ابيه عن آبائه عليهم السلام قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وآله من أحبنا اهل البيت فليحمد الله على أول النعم قيل وما اول النعم؟ قال: طيب الولادة ولا يحبنا إلا مؤمن طابت ولادته.

My father and Muhammad Bin Al Hassan both said, ‘Sa’ad Bin Abdullah narrated to us, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad Bin Khalid, from Abu Al Qasim Abdul Rahman Al Kufy, and Abu Yusuf Yaqoub Bin Yazeed Al Anbary, from Abu Muhammd Abdullah Bin Muhammad Al Ghafary, from Al Husayn Bin Zayd, (It has been narrated) from Al-Sadiq Abu Abdullah Ja’far -asws Bin Muhammad -asws , from his -asws father -asws , from his -asws forefathers -asws having said: ‘Rasool-Allah -saww said: ‘The one who loves us -asws , the People -asws of the Household, so let him Praise Allah -azwj over the first Bounty’.

It was said, ‘And what is the first Bounty?’ He -saww said: ‘The good birth; and there would not love us -asws (anyone) except a Believer of good birth’.